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I hurt my knee yesterday morning, I've done it before, it's a as if something just sticks at the bottom of the kneecap. Anyway I didn't think too much of it until later on in the day I went up to muck out the chickens, before I got up to them I knew I was in trouble as every step was getting more painful. By the time I had finished mucking out I couldn't walk anymore. The problem is that the house is 200m away from the the chickens, one of the downsides of having a long narrow piece of land. So I ended up crawling for about 100m, the ground was lovely and soggy so my hands and knees were covered in mud. When I got halfway I did something I hadn't done since I was a kid, to give my knees a rest I decided to roll sideways down the slope, I forgot how dizzy it makes you!, honestly I could have been sick so I ended up doing the last 50m on my bum using my good leg to move me. If only someone had a hidden camera it would have made quite sight, it was one of those "am I really doing this" moments
 
:shock: hope you are in better shape today, it sounds painful as well as slightly, er, embarrassing ;)
 
Oh dear, what a awful experience. Do you just have to rest it and hope it soon gets better, or did you get medical help?
Please update us by tomorrow!
 
I got out of bed on Friday and couldn't walk, put some ice on the knee and was able to hobble about a bit, I used a wheeled computer chair to convey myself about the house for most of the morning. It seemed like it was getting better as the day went on and I got up today and could hobble about on it long enough to make breakfast before it started to go on me and I had to sit down. Luckily I have Mrs Dinosaw to run around after me for the weekend. If it is no better tomorrow then I will pop down to the minor injuries unit I think and see what they make of it, though I dread going and waiting down there and they will probably just tell me to rest it. The problem with knees is there is no easy fix for it I'm afraid, if rest won't heal it then it will be an operation, not like you can just re set it.
On the plus side the Thuringians have started to lay and apparently this morning one of the Sussex was making a nest in the house looking like she would lay with her Araucana boyfriend in there with her lending moral support :)
 
Oh dear. That sounds painful. So sorry you're out of action.
Have you ever tried strapping it with kinestheology tape? When I tripped over a trailing hose last Spring and badly damaged my ankle, my physiotherapist introduced me to this, in combination with ice packs and ultrasound treatment. See link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kinesiology-Featuring-Strapping-Applications-Results/dp/B00M286K0C/ref=sr_1_1?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1454775213&sr=1-1&keywords=beast+tape
and read the reviews. It really is good stuff. My daughter had also had a very bad time with her knee after a skiing accident, and she had bought herself an ultrasound device so she could treat it at home every day, rather than waiting for a less-effective and expensive once a week session with the Physio. I didn't realise anybody could buy one of these, and I did find mine was very effective, used twice a day for ten minutes, in combination with the ice and strapping. I soon saved the price of the device on Physio sessions but the main thing was the speed of the improvement. Recently I wrenched my elbow and it was very inflamed but the same treatment got it sorted in a very few days.
There are lots to choose from, but this was the one I bought
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00SJHI3FA/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item

Not saying any of this is right for you, of course, but maybe once you're on the road to recovery, some of it may be helpful - I hope so.
 
Thank you so much for taking the time to post the links Marigold, it's very helpful indeed and something I will definitely be looking at buying. I didn't realise you could get ultrasound devices so cheaply and as you say you would spend that on three physio sessions. It's very frustrating to say the least but it does make you realise what you take for granted when you can't get about.
 
Certainly agree, about taking mobility for granted, especially when you have animals to care for. You'll find my reviews for both the tape and the ultrasound device under my Amazon name of Ginnychick, if interested.
 
I've ordered the tape and the ultrasound you recommended Marigold I do hope they help me as much as you and the other reviewers. I've decided to wait it out till next week and go see the GP to arrange a scan if there is no improvement in my mobility. The Sussex did lay by the way, her friends were apparently most put out when they found their egg had been stolen.
 
Well, nothing suits everybody, but I do hope they help you. At least it's all non-invasive stuff not needing drugs. Having had problems previously with tendons on that ankle, due to severe pronation resulting in plantar fasciitis, I knew what to expect by way of recovery time, but was pleasantly surprised by how soon it responded compared with previous times.
I went to a private Physio last time as my surgery said it would be a two to three month wait for NHS treatment, and then it would only be a few sessions well spaced out. The previous time the ankle went, I did eventually get NHS Physio but wasn't very impressed, and the pysiotherapist didn't do anything that I'm not now equipped to do for myself if I get further problems. As we'd booked a walking holiday in N. Wales within that time, I felt I needed help sooner. In fact my ankle was fully OK by the time we went, downside was that I couldn't use it as an excuse when the going got hard on the pointy bits of mountains!
 
Just wanted to say that the tape has been amazing, I got it by express delivery on Monday and put it straight on and instantly could feel the difference, I took it off before bed yesterday just to see how it had been on my skin and I felt so much shakier on my feet without it. In fact I have had to be careful as it improved how it felt to walk so much that I needed to remind myself that I still need to keep off my feet as much as possible, which is so difficult. So thanks for the recommendation Marigold.
 
It's OK to leave it on for up to three days if you want - I kept mine on and had baths and showers and it stayed put. Also I could use the ice pack directly on it, without having to put a cotton layer in between skin and pack. Did you work out they easy way to start peeling off the paper backing, ie by stretching and tearing it a few inches in from the end? Also my Physio showed me how to round off the ends before applying it, to help it stick down better.
So glad it's helpful, I shall be interested to hear how you get on when the ultrasound arrives. You do need bare skin for this as you have to use the lubricant under the ultrasound head. So what I did was, ice pack over tape; remove tape and use ultrasound; replace new tape.
Are you going to get your knee checked out by the doctor as well?
 
I think I will try to get my GP to refer me for a scan to see if anything is amiss within the knee as this has happened before. At the moment we have insurance so if I was ever going to look at an op to remove scar tissue or the like now would be the time to do it.
 
Sounds an excellent idea, the knee is such a complicated joint, and like ankles, it has to flex and take all your weight every step. If you have insurance, now is definitely the time to use it. Home remedies can be very good at reducing inflammation and giving support if you know it's just a bit of tendon or muscle strain, but anything that may lead to longer-term deterioration from other possible causes needs investigating. Probably what you're doing to relieve pain now may actually help you to get a clearer diagnosis if it's a bit less inflamed by the time you get a scan.
 
Was finally able to make it up to the birds again and it was really good to see them rather than hear about what they had been up to ,mind you my reward was being attacked by our White Araucana cockerel, oh well thats another nice chicken stew to look forward to. It was a lovely day so here is the view from the chickens.
 

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Touching large amounts of wood, yes seem to be recovering. Have an appointment with a orthopaedic consultant next month which may hopefully shed some light.
 
Thanks for asking Marigold. I have had two consultations plus a MRI scan and a X-ray which showed that there isn't anything that requires surgery. There is is a bit of a tracking problem and a slight unevenness to the kneecap but apparently the problem which is anterior knee strain can be solved in 90% of cases by physio and orthotics. Had a call from the physio yesterday to make an appointment so will see what happens.
 
I'm glad to hear it's going OK. That's good, about not needing surgery and some hope of progress towards a cure.
Yesterday I tripped in the garden and found myself lying full length, having taken all my weight on my right knee, which had collided with the brick edging to the lawn. Nasty painful cut to kneecap and some dramatic bruising, but otherwise I seem to have escaped unscathed, the rest of me having landed on the relatively soft lawn. It's so surprising, when one is suddenly upended and the world is at a 90 degree angle to what your brain says is normal!
 
Ouch!, sounds very painful I do hope you have put plenty of tcp and ice on it and it is only superficial as you think. Yes the thing about accidents is they alway have a sense of the surreal about them. When I was 13 I broke both my tibia and fibia playing rugby, my leg literally snapped and I remember falling backwards watching my foot flopping around before resting at a right angle as there was nothing to support it and then landing and looking up at the sky punctuated by a lot of very concerned faces, it was shock I suppose but it still doesn't seem real when I think about now.
 
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